In recent decades, Russian women increasingly prefer delivery via caesarean section. Such a decision is not a simple whim of expectant mothers, but the recommendations of the doctors treating or taking delivery. Modern technologies can detect pathologies or deviations from the norm of a child's development at an early stage. Some of these factors are the reason for a caesarean section.
How does the menstrual cycle "behave" after a caesarean section? If the child does not receive additional complementary foods or water, except for mother's milk, then menstruation after cesarean section, as well as after delivery in a natural way, comes only at the end of lactation. This is in about a year. The close relationship between the lactation period and the normalization of the menstrual cycle is associated with the production of the hormone prolactin, which is responsible for the production of milk. A sufficient amount of "milk" hormone stops the production of progesterone, as a result - ovulation, and with it the menstrual cycle, does not occur. If it so happens that, for various reasons, the new mother does not breastfeed the child, menstruation after a cesarean section will come in approximately 9-11 weeks. If menstruation does not occur, you should immediately contact the antenatal clinic.
What is normal period after caesarean section? At the initial stage of the restoration of the menstrual cycle
The duration and intensity of bleeding may not be the same from cycle to cycle. Abundant periods after cesarean can occur due to several reasons: if the work of the pituitary gland in the woman's body has not yet been rebuilt, or due to the individual characteristics of the female body. The final formation of the monthly cycle should be 4-5 months after the birth.
Women who have just given birth usually have discharge, but this is not menstruation. After a caesarean section, as well as after non-surgical childbirth, when the placenta passes, a wound remains on the wall of the uterus. All unnecessary blood in the process of self-purification of the uterus is excreted in the form of bleeding. This process usually lasts approximately 5-9 weeks, accompanied by aching pains in the lower abdomen, which are associated with uterine contractions.
There is an opinion that with the first delivery via caesarean, you can put an end to subsequent natural childbirth, but, to the deep joy of many women, this is not so. Natural childbirth after caesarean is normal. Of course, there remains a small percentage of the reasons why natural childbirthcontraindicated (narrow pelvis or poor vision). There is a risk of rupture of the uterus in the area of the surgical scar, but it is so small that it can be compared with the probability of injury in the first natural birth. To increase the likelihood of independent childbirth after cesarean, the desire to have a child can be realized no earlier than 20 months after the operation. During this period, the body will fully recover, and the scar on the uterus will not pose any danger.
